Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
The SS Warrimoo was ferrying passengers between Canada and Australia in December of 1899. En route, Captain John Phillips realized he had the opportunity to do something extraordinary, so he commanded that the ship head for the point where the equator crosses the International Date Line.
The ship arrived in time to straddle that point as the clock struck midnight on December 30, 1899.The forward part of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere and in the middle of summer. The rear part of the ship was in the Northern Hemisphere and in the middle of winter. Half of the ship…
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